10,000 Birds

MAY 25, 2013

Let’s take Singapore’s Changi International Airport as an example; it is a huge hub airport with large numbers of people passing through in transit to Australia, Indonesia and south-east Asia. Anyone with more than a couple of hours to kill could easily make a quick birding foray out from the airport. Destinations layover Singapore'

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Singapore Woodpeckers Parrots Zebras 159

10,000 Birds

MAY 25, 2023

During the breeding season, some Cattle Egrets look like teenage girls who have just discovered the existence of make-up, and consequently massively overdo it. But what do I know about the taste preferences of Cattle Egrets. A paper reports on how a female Common Cuckoo was mobbed and killed by Oriental Reed Warbler hosts.

Birds 130

Birds Raised Cattle Mammals 130

10,000 Birds

JUNE 8, 2023

Different from many other parasitic cuckoos, the chick typically does not kill all its nest mates, though one or two of them may die from starvation. The male Asian Koel has a rather distinctive call which for me is almost the sound of Singapore. This is a rufous morph Common Cuckoo , which means it should be a female.

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Birds China Research Tenant 130